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The natural killer cell serine protease gene Lmet1 maps to mouse chromosome 10

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Thia, K.Y.T., Jenkins, N.A., Gilbert, D.J. et al. The natural killer cell serine protease gene Lmet1 maps to mouse chromosome 10. Immunogenetics 41, 47–49 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00188433

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